A steel company is paying $500,000 to settle a lawsuit alleging a manager shouted 'white power' and racially slurred Black and Latino workers

• A steel company is settling a lawsuit alleging one of its managers used racial slurs against Black and Latino employees.
• The EEOC claimed he shouted "white power" and used "offensive" racial nicknames.
• Some workers said they faced retaliation for complaining.

A steel company in Arizona is paying $500,000 to current and former workers to settle a lawsuit alleging that one of its managers used racial slurs and declared "white power" in front of Black and Latino employees.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleged in a lawsuit first filed in September 2022 that the manager at Schuff Steel Company's plant in Eloy, Arizona, "repeatedly" used racial slurs, epithets, and "offensive racial nicknames" against Black and Latino employees.